Bingo Cards

[altariel]

I've been making Tolkien-related bingo cards. There's a sentence I never thought I'd write. It's for the March b2mem bingo challenge.

You have to come up with a theme, and then fill 24 squares with a prompt or challenge related to that theme. I decided on the theme "March 3019 T.A.", which is when much of the main action of The Lord of the Rings happens (the Downfall of Sauron is on March 25th, as you already know, Bob).

I looked in the Appendices to see what other events were happening alongside the events of the book, and I tried to come up with prompts using as many of those as possible. Some of them we get accounts of second-hand; some we don't really hear about at all. I got so engrossed in this that I missed my stop on the bus this morning. Oops.

My prompts so far are under the cut. If you happen to have detailed knowledge of the events of March 3019 of the Third Age, I'd be very grateful if you took a look through and pointed out any glaring errors before I commit this to the care of the generous card-makers.

March 3019

1st: Faramir makes ready to leave Minas Tirith
2nd: Second Battle of the Fords of Isen
3rd: The destruction of Isengard
4th: Inside Orthanc
5th: The Dúnedain ride through Rohan
6th: The Haradrim in Ithilien
7th: Denethor and the palantír
8th: The Dead receive their summons
9th: The Fall of Cair Andros
10th: The Dawnless Day – in the North, South, or East
11th: Gollum visits Shelob
12th: The Ents defeat the invaders of Rohan
13th: The Púkel-Men hold a council
14th: Aragorn’s fleet heads north
15th: Battle under the trees in Mirkwood
16th: Shagrat en route to Barad-dûr
17th: The Battle of Dale
18th: The orc companies march to Udûn
19th: War in the North
20th: Gollum in Mordor
21st: The siege of Erebor
22nd: Third assault on Lórien
23rd: One of the “faint-hearted”
24th: The Mouth of Sauron receives his instructions

Comments

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Must not look... must... not.... look...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

You know you wantsss to, my precioussss, yesss, you does, you wantsss it! You wantssss it!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

[Smeagol-voice] Not listening! Not listening!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ah go on! Go on go on go on go on go on...

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

Wonderful idea. An intense month in M-e and in fanfic land...though hopefully with not as much bloodshed for us. ;)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Yes! We want the "good bits version".

[gair.livejournal.com]

If you happen to have detailed knowledge of the events of March 3019 of the Third Age, I'd be very grateful if you took a look [at my bingo cards]

I bloody love fandom.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

The scary thing is, I looked at that list (yes, alright, A, I looked - doesn't mean I'm writing...) and could give you chapter and verse (insofaras they exist in the canon) for everything on it. (Though I admit in some cases I would have to break out the Appendices to make sure the dates were right.) I do worry about the inside of my head sometimes...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I didn't know about the Ents taking on the army invading Rohan, and I'd forgotten about the siege of Erebor, which sounds really nasty.

Just one little bingo card couldn't do any harm...

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

telperion1 wrote a really good Siege-of-Erebor-aftermath short for B2MEM last year: Beneath a Bitter Rain.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Good one; thanks for the link.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

[attempts to distract A. from waving B2MEM-temptation at me. I was lucky not to lose job, husband or both last March!]

[altariel.livejournal.com]

So you've already proved you can do it!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

And it nearly killed me!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

But look at the shiny!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

I did get a very lovely shiny, it's true. Contemplating it will keep me replete with loveliness till at least B2MEM 2013. Definitely.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Surely one teeny weeny bingo card would help you keep your hand in till 2013? *ducks and runs*

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

La, la, la la, can't hear you...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

And all you have to do is start a response to each prompt, not write a full story, which is hardly anything at all!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

But I am a chronic completer-finisher; that was the problem last year...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, we've got till B2MEM 2013 to complete stuff! (Yes, I'm a "plant" on the Belbin test...)

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

Can't help with events of March 3019, but the bingo card Tolkien idea is wonderful. I have claimed three cards (First lines, song lyrics and Maglor in history). Maybe I will only produce a set of introductions, but hopefully a bit more than that.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I've taken the plunge and sent that card off to the card-makers. I've claimed poetic forms, review a story, economy, and write what you know. There are a couple more tempting me!